ERASMUS Catalogus omnium Erasmi Roterodami lucubrationum,... Lot 1158

ERASMUS Catalogus omnium Erasmi Roterodami lucubrationum, ipso auctore, cum aliis nonnullis. Basel, J. Froben, April 1523, 8vo, old blindstamped vellum, flat spine, [84] ff. (paper age-toned, 1st ff. soiled, occ. marg. dampstaining). Very good copy. Cfr. ill. Very rare 1st edition of Erasmus' “autobibliography” consisting of: 1. The famous autobiographical letter to Johann Botzheim (1 Febr. 1523 - Allen I, pp. 1-46). 2. A similar letter, to Marcus Laurinus at Bruges (1 Febr. 1523 - Allen 1342). 3. A letter to the Louvain theologians (Allen 1301). 4. The “Libellus Jacobi Ziegleri (...) aduersus Jacobi Stunicae maledicentiam, pro Germania”. Title within elaborate woodcut border by Hans Holbein (repeated on f8r). 4 ff. within a woodcut border. Large woodcut mark at the end. In italics. Old bookpl. J.B. Verdussen = Antwerp publisher and collector, 1698-1773. Collector's name on t.-p. Ref. VD-16 E-2121. Bezzel 305. Vanderhaeghen I 27. Adams E-313. Machiels E-222. Not in De Reuck.